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Jake Gotta @jakegotta.bsky.social · 16h

I was joking

Jake Gotta @jakegotta.bsky.social · 17h

We should go back to the runner up in the presidential election being the VP

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Jake Gotta @jakegotta.bsky.social · 17h

You can’t have a primary that is “this guy vs nobody” and expect “nobody” to win

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Jake Gotta @jakegotta.bsky.social · 17h

It’s not “dem voters didn’t vote” it’s “dem politicians didn’t want to challenge the leader”

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Jake Gotta @jakegotta.bsky.social · 17h

Nobody actively challenged him in the primary though!

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Jake Gotta @jakegotta.bsky.social · 17h

I don’t think anointing the VP a few months before the election was any better

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Jake Gotta @jakegotta.bsky.social · 17h

I think they were right!

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Jake Gotta @jakegotta.bsky.social · 17h

Almost like they should’ve held a primary and let voters decide instead of tossing a sacrificial lamb to the wolves

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 17h

me after attending a protest

Jeff Goldblum running out of a store with a bunch of shopping bags in his hand. He's dressed fashionably in a tan jacket, black shirt, gray trousers, and black loafers.

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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 19h

SB 79 will not apply on the Tijuana side of the California-Mexico border. Please stop DMing me about this.

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Jake Gotta @jakegotta.bsky.social · 19h

Wow no way! I totally thought TikTok was good for kids brains!

NPR @npr.org · 21h

Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and memory in teens. n.pr/42BJyMB

Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows

Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and memory in teens.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 21h

bernie sanders' appearance on fox news helped fox news' mission of misinforming the public. it doesn't work. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...

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David Nir @davidnir.com · 21h

It's impressive that polls continue to favor the Dems on the shutdown when Beltway flat-out blames the entire thing on them—with zero responsibility assigned to Republicans. Here's an example from today.

Capitol Hill crossroads. Back home, Congress faces a critical moment. Especially the GOP-run House, which has pretty much given up any pretense of relevancy during this impasse. An institution that voluntarily shuts itself down for weeks in the midst of a huge clash over federal spending — something that impacts all Americans — isn’t playing a real role in governing.

Yes, the House passed a CR 23 days ago. But Senate Democrats, who instigated this crisis, have rejected it seven times now. So maybe it’s time to go back to the drawing board.

We’ve told you that the cumulative impacts of a shutdown grow the longer it lasts, and that’s the case here.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 1d

What could make a community of white, affluent boomers so livid? In a shocking twist, the reason is exactly what you think it is. www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

‘Not going to suck it up’: What turned this former hippie town into the angriest place in California?

The local rancor is focused on plans for a six-story, 243-unit apartment building near the town center. The School Street project is universally loathed. Almost everyone believes it to be out of place in a town where one-story and two-story buildings are the norm, and they worry about the impact on parking, traffic and fire safety.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 1d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 2d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20h

apparently “bari weiss doesn’t actually know what journalism is” extends to getting basic facts like the name of a subject right

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 21h

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

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CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 21h

There were at least two ceasefires under Biden! In which more than five times as many living Israeli hostages were released in exchange for 240 Palestinians! Has everyone forgotten this?

Coffee Indiana @coffeeindiana.bsky.social · 21h

Also, ceasefires have happened under prior Presidents! The day he gets Palestine their own country he can be told he's the most special boy deserving of a shiny prize.

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 2d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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California YIMBY @cayimby.bsky.social · 3d

[VICTORY ALERT] Governor Newsom has signed AB 1154, which will make it faster, cheaper, and easier to add small accessory dwelling units to existing homes.

Our statement: cayimby.org/news-events/...

California Law Makes it Easier to Build Small, In-Home ADUs

New Law Signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom Removes Barriers, Imposes Standards

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Jake Gotta @jakegotta.bsky.social · 4d

Yankees starting first basemen since 2019:
Luke Voit
Greg Bird
Mike Ford
Kendrys Morales
Edwin Encarnación
DJ LeMahieu
Anthony Rizzo
J.D. Davis
Jake Bauers
Ben Rice
Paul Goldschmidt
Pablo Reyes

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Jake Gotta @jakegotta.bsky.social · 4d

lol

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Jake Gotta @jakegotta.bsky.social · 4d

lol this is a damn steal in today’s market

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Jake Gotta @jakegotta.bsky.social · 4d

Until Brian Cashman is gone, every time the Yankees lose in the playoffs I’m going to post this image

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Jake Gotta @jakegotta.bsky.social · 4d

Just like every reactionary, anti-vax people decided vaccines were bad then found some justification for that belief on the backend

Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 4d

I don’t exactly how to phrase this, but like… is autism that bad???? Like, why is it such a source of fear??? Of course there are challenges but you can be autistic and have a rich, fulfilling life! Many people do! I don’t understand the preoccupation.

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Jake Gotta @jakegotta.bsky.social · 4d

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